What would the world be like without drawing?

I was told a year ago by a colleague to watch a 2005 BBC Documentary called "The Secret of Drawing" by Andrew Graham-Dixon. Over the weekend I finally did it. It is a four part documentary and not only did I watch the first episode but I bunged watched the other three in quick succession.

The first episode put forths the proposition that the world we live and the nature of its creation would not be if it wasn't for drawing. It then goes on to discuss the connection between drawing and our enquiary into the world we live in.

The second looks into the use of drawing to tell stories and narratives of being in the world from the earliest peoples to the present day. Expressions of the mind and the way we think are covered in the third installment and finally design. In the final episode we are shown how drawing transforms imagination into the relms of reality.

The importance of drawing is often not understood. "The Secret of Drawing" shows that it is and tells us why. All four hour long episodes are available on Youtube and I wished had watched it earlier!

The four episodes of "The Secret of Drawing"
"Enquiry"
"Storylines"
"All in the Mind"
"Drawing by Design"